"Yet you, O LORD, are our Father; We are the Clay, You are the Potter; We are all the work of your Hand."
- Isaiah 64:8

My name is Joe Smith, and I am the potter at The Great Passion Play in EurekaSprings, Arkansas.

Every night for the past 34 years, I have given a free presentation before the Play that relates pottery to life. Over 7.8 million people have seen the Play, making it the largest attended outdoor drama in America. I am honored and humbled to be a part of this great ministry.

The teachings presented in the Parables of the Potter include the following symbolic representations of God's work in our lives:

The potter's clay as compared to "the human flesh."The hand of the potter as the "leading of the Holy Spirit."The forming of the vessel as the "shaping of the Christian mind."The firing of the formed, but soft, pot as "life's fiery trials."The reflected light of the fired vessel as "the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the responsive and obedient Christian."

Here's a short excerpt from my presentation:"Clay has two wonderfully unique qualities. It is an always yielding and always surrendering substance. Do we do that for our Lord today? Only as we would yield and surrender our lives into the hands of the Lord, can then He in His marvelous handiwork, take each one of us and shape us, mold us, mend us, form us, and fashion us into the vessels He desires.